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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO MATTER HOW THICK OR THIN YOU SLICE IT, IT'S STILL BALONEY
Where learned: UNKNOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): FALSEHOOD ; SLANG ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HE THAT BLAMES HIMSELF PRAISES HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FALSE HUMILITY ?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
DO YOU WALK TO WORK OR BRING YOUR LUNCH?
Submitter comment: YOU SAY THIS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FALSE DISFUNCTION ; NON-SEQUITUR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001975
LEGEND
THERE IS A STORY THAT ON KELLY'S ISLAND IN OHIO WHEN IN THE EARLY
1800'S THE CEMETERY WAS FIRST BEGINNING TO BE FIXED, SOMEHOW ONE
OF THE MEN WORKING ON THIS AREA GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS BOSS AND
IN HIS ANGER HE SAID THAT HE WAS GLAD HE WASN'T GOING TO BE BURIED
IN THAT PLACE.
A FEW MONTHS LATER THIS SAME MAN WAS WORKING ON A HOUSE THAT FELL
ON HIM. HE WAS THE FIRST TO BE BURIED AT THE CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FALSE ASSUMPTION. ASSUMPTION PROVES FALSE. ; IRONY ; PROPHECY REVERSED. WISH REVERSED. OPPOSITE COMES TRUE. ; TEMPTING FATE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK JINGLE
I LOVE, I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU I DO;
BUT DON'T GET EXCITED
I LOVE MONKEY'S T6O)
Keyword(s): FALSE LOVE ; HUMOROUS INSULT ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
Numerology
If you are not sure of a true or false answer on a test, take the number of the question, divide it by 2 (drop the fraction if there is one), and add 7 to that number. If the final answer is even, then the answer to the question is true, and if odd, the answer is false.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif submitted by TRD.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): Cheat ; MATHEMATICS ; NUMEROLOGY ; TEST ; True or False
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMEROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Proverb
A false friend and a shadow stay only while the sun shines
Submitter comment:
Origin: Unknown
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Fake ; False ; Friend ; Good ; METAPHOR ; Shadow ; Sun ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |